About hostile.eco

Our Mission

hostile.eco exists to challenge renewable-only environmental orthodoxy with evidence-based advocacy for Britain's energy independence, nuclear power, and environmental outcomes that can be measured.

We're hostile to bad environmental policy - not the environment itself. That means:

• Transparent methodology: Every claim is sourced. Every statistic is cited. Every visualization shows its data sources.
• Nuanced positions: We're not anti-renewable - we're anti-poorly-sited renewables. Context matters.
• Evidence over ideology: If the data changes, our position changes. We're not wedded to conclusions.
• Measured outcomes: We back environmental work that can be counted, not vague activism.

Why "hostile"?

Britain's natural environment IS hostile - cold, wet, and damp. That's not a criticism; it's reality. And reality should inform policy.

Solar panels in a country that's grey 200 days a year. Wind turbines that require imported gas backup. Wood pellets shipped from North America and called "renewable." These policies ignore British climate realities.

We're hostile to policies that:

• Sacrifice energy independence for renewable virtue signaling
• Harm wildlife through poorly-sited developments
• Ignore full system costs (storage, backup, grid instability)
• Prioritize imported energy over domestic nuclear power

Our Approach

1. Evidence-Based Analysis

We cite peer-reviewed research, government statistics, and credible data sources. When multiple interpretations exist, we present them fairly.

2. Interactive Data

Complex energy policy deserves better than talking points. Our data visualizations let you explore UK energy mix, costs, and environmental impacts yourself.

3. Nuanced Positions

Example: Wind turbines kill 100,000 birds per year in the UK. Cats kill 55 million. Both numbers are true. Context matters, but so do rare species deaths. Good policy considers both.

4. Measured Outcomes

We investigate environmental work that can be counted: river water quality before and after an intervention, habitat gained or lost to a development, species abundance measured rather than asserted. Where that evidence exists, we publish it. Where a scheme claims an outcome it has never measured, we say so.

Transparency

Funding

Three sources may fund this work, and no others are accepted: the person who does it, readers who choose to support it, and organisations that sponsor specific research. No fossil fuel industry money. No renewable energy industry money. No political party funding.

Where research was sponsored, the sponsor is named on it. Where none is named, none exists. Sponsors do not choose the subject, see findings before publication, or hold any right of review, amendment or withdrawal.

Corrections Policy

We will make mistakes. When we do, we correct them publicly and promptly. Corrections will be noted at the top of affected articles with timestamps.

Data Sources

All visualizations link to their data sources. Government statistics, peer-reviewed research, and credible international databases only.

What We're NOT

• Climate deniers: Climate change is real. Our critique is of renewable-only solutions, not climate science.
• Fossil fuel advocates: We support nuclear and domestic energy independence, not coal/oil expansion.
• Anti-environment: We're pro-wildlife, pro-habitat, pro-evidence. Bad renewable policy can harm all three.
• Politically aligned: Good environmental policy isn't left or right - it's evidence-based.

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Who is Badger?

Our mascot is inspired by Mr. Badger from Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows (1908) — the wise, solitary creature who lives deep underground and is fiercely protective of his patch of countryside. He's civilised and scholarly, but cross him on something that matters and you'll know about it.

The sett — a badger's underground home — is our metaphor for what we're building: something solid, enduring, and rooted in the evidence. You'll hear from Badger in our newsletter and emails. The analysis stays institutional; Badger handles the introductions.